MATE MA'A TONGA!!!

Per my last blog, I was getting ready to attend the Bay Area IKALE TAHI fan car parade that same day. Plan was for EPA to come up 101 North to San Mateo, we hop on and so on with San Bruno and cruise all the way up to Treasure Island. Same goes for the East Bay going up 880 N onto the Bay Bridge and to T.I.

Met up at Key Market parking lot where San Mateo was to meet and already it was packed. Cars were decked out, flags, colors, it was crazy. We rode out and already...stuntin on da Norfolk & Shoreview intersection. We didnt even make it to da freeway! Approaching the freeway, crazy madness again. The ride up to SF was CRAAAZZYYY!!! Omg, i had such a blast. Flags everywhere, people hanging out windows, on top of cars, running on the freeway, at one point we even stopped traffic on 101 North! I was having flash backs of sideshow days! lol Getting closer to Bay Bridge, police finally caught up to us and pulled a few cars over, including our Tongan Ninja and the Tonga TV Video guy who was taping from the back of a iate truck with the video stand.

Arrived to T.I. and police were already waiting there and they turned all the cars away. We blocked the road again and got out to cars to wave to the ABC Channel 7 chopper in the sky! lol Another crazy moment. Went WhoRydin in SF all over Market, the Tenderloin, passed the TONGA room at Fairmont Hotel and to the Civic Center. We all rallied up, going crazy as cars were coming, took pix and departed there probably  an hr later.

Later on, stayed up to watch the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony and opening game...TOnga vs NZ and Tonga got spanked...but the support Ikale Tahi got...was remarkable!! It was like a Tongan National Holiday! lol Loved every minute of it!


some pix i took off FB...sharing is caring;)

THANKS WILL for the WINDOW decoration! LOL! ROLL CALL


da Galz gettin ready to head out....


San Mateo boys...


das our mascot!! LOL! Bay Area's Tongan Ninja/Samarai/Geisha...whatever u want...


Ridin up to SF, da brothers going crazy


When we shut down traffic at 6pm! There we are... far right w/ da girls on top



MY CRAZZZZZY PASANGERS!!! I should get an award for Driver of the Year! lol


CRAZY cousin Lupe driving opposite direction on da freeway!! LOL!




Freeway splits- Golden Gate go left, Bay Bridge go right. You see Pate with the white hat, stood on the center divide with his video camera capturing every car passing by. Yeah, heard he got a ticket! LOL!


Didnt make it to Treasure Island but we did make it to Civic Center. Last time I was here was for the SF Giants parade!! Great times!!

Cousin Maile captures this video when they shut down traffic

was captured by a random person on the opposite side of traffic